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t, vu I C.• , - o State. Icon) Leutenant-G:Altial the Earl of Chat ham, K. G. MY LORD, Headquarters, Middleburg, 701 August, 18:9. Nothing very material has occurred since my last Disp:itch of the 3d instant. We have been tante emplOyed in bringing up the - artillery of siege, ammunition and stores to the vicinity of Flush ing, and, the troops have been occupied in the con- Slrti >0 of Cie batteries, and h carrying on the se veral works before the place, but which have been nect...i , snily interrupted by the very heavy rains which have fallen here. . . The . enemy is aFtive and enterprising - , and the girrison has certainly received considerable reinforce ments Gym the opposite coast ; nor has it been in 'the power 'of the Flotilla hither.° to prevent it. Under these circumstances it has been .found neces sary io laud tientenant-General . Gros , enor's division, a:IJ the tA.o light battalions of time Kio4's German been also for t:ie resell; brought oil _ _ lintoediaftly en the tall nf I deter, muted, as soon is he ariangernents were wade, to pass ine infoory ot•Lirtuttnant-General the Litt e f t Rossiyo's corp., together with Lieut.-Gen. the Marquis. of Huntiey's di' and the light brica.!es of Artillery, into South Beveland, to form jundion with the reserve under Lieutenant-Gen. Sir John Hope, and thot the cavalry and ordnance s hips, together with the tranTorts for Lieutenant- Genera! Grosvenor's division, the moment their ser vices could he spared tram before Flushing, should be brought through the Slow Passage, and proceed up the West Scheldt, but of course this latter opera tion cannot take place until a sufficient nasal force shall have been enabled to enter the river, and to proceed in advance, but the very severe blowing wea ther we have constantly experienced, added to the great difficulty of the navigation, has hitherto baffled all their etfbris. letters from Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope, I find that the enemy had, o❑ the sth i ns t. cot»e down with about twenty-eight gun-ve,sels be fore Satz, on which place they kept up a stnart can nonade for son►e hum, but were forced to retire by th e g u lls from the fort, and every thing has wince remained quiet in that qua►ter. ',have tie honour to enclose a statement of the casualties that have occurred in the several corps before Flushing, since the last returns of killed and vAdundcd. hae the honour to be, &c. (Signed) CHATHAM. Return of the Rank and Names of Officers, and of the Num. bet ut N0. , -Cummissioned °dicers and. ltaiik and File wounned,, and missing, since last return August 2, to August b, tBr9, uulusive. !Lod-Quarters, Middleburg. August 7, taoo. jd Matt, vat Tout---4 rank and file killed; 5 rank anu file . wounded, 3th Foot—t rank and file killed; I, rank and file wounded. vith hoot--a rank and file woun ded. 2 6,1, F oot - i • and the killed; I Lieutenant, i set jeant, 19 rank and tile wounded. 37d Foot--2 rank and file kilierl ;m5 rank and file wounded. fa , :t:i Fuot —2 rank and file kiltrci ; t Major, t Lieutenant, I Ensigir, 6 rank and tile, fst Assistant-Snr4eon, 8 rank and file killed ; z Ser . :leant, 24 ran and tile wounded 4 Tank. 311(1 file missing-- (Not returned.in time to be inserted in last return.) tat Foot —a rank and file killed ; t Lieutenant, 4 rank and file wound,:d. 'rout--' rank and file wounded. 9 5 th PO:7A— t rank and file killed ; i Lieutenant, z Serjeants, 6 rank and file wounded. Yrrty>died Detachrnent - I F.ns4n, 3 rauk and file wouncl•cl. Stall Corps—il Lieutenant, 3 ,tr:k and file wounded. --- Nor rettirri,:tl in tinie to 'e inclu.ied in last ret.2r,-, ''oral —I Assistant-Surgeon, is rd: ; , 1 \ ,;:c.: 4. ; Major. 6 Lieutenants, ( r ti 4 rank ant i fil e ~, , o ; :nded ,; Names of Officers killed and wounded. 26th Regiment, Lieutenant 4laxweil, dangerously wounded, Uth Foot—Major Thinnson dangerously wounded ; lAIII rid Ensign A. Thorn sun slightly wounded. /Ist lout— A H. Quip ; Lieutenant D. Fletcher sightly I,vc , undr - d. Stir, Lieutenant K.. Mnntgom ry slightly wounded.. 95th Foot—Lieutenant I!ambly slightly_ wounded. tinbodied Deta‘liment—Ensign Addison, of the 6th Regi ment ;lightly wounded. Still Corps.—Start' l.ieut. A. Taylor slightly wounded. °diva; returned wounded in last return-, but whose names were not then known. 68th Foot—Captain Crespigny, Lieutenants MiDonald, and Nlenzies slightly wounded. Sitii Foot—l.teut. Such, slightly wounded. 3.5 th Foot— Captain Frederick, wounded as per last return, Since dead. R. LONG, Col. Adj. Gen. MY LORD, Middleburg, Bth August, 1839. Since closing my Dispatch of yesterday's date, the enemy, towards five o'clock in the evening, in con siderable force, made a vigorous sortie upon the Tigt.t of our line, occupied by 1 1141jor General Gra ham's division. The attack was principal►y direaed upon our ad vanced piquets, which were supported by the 3,1 bAralion of the Royals, the st h ankl 35th Regiments under Colonel ILI. '!Terse corps, together with dc•Achntents of the R ., yal Artillery, the gosh and light hartalions of the King's German Legion, re ceiveil the enemyr.itii their accustomed intiepidity Ater n.sharp contest of some, duration, forced him to retire with very considerable loss in killed nuuded, and prisoners. In this atiiir the enemy has had another oppor tunii y of witnessing the superior gallantry of British in no instance has ht• succeeded in making the least impression throughout our line, and on this occasion, so far from profiting by Lis attempt he has been obliged to relinquish some very adyati t-igentlS ground where our advanced posts are now I cannot too strongly express my sense of the tin rcrnitting vigilonce and ability manifested by Major (n. Graham, in securing and maintaining his rst against the repeated attempts * of the enemy to dislortge and I have great satisfaction in ac quainting, your Lordship, that' the Mai , r-Gent ; :ral mentionz, , , in terms of the warmest approbation, disti , guished cunduCt gallantry of the officers and troops engaged on this occasion. 3in now enabled to transmit, for your Lordship's in ormation, an abstiatt return of the ordnance, ammunition, and. stores that have Hi e n i n to our 1 4 .,1ids since our arrival in this.lsiand. I hive the honour to be, &c. CHATHAM. Mirldleburgh, Auz. 7, 1809. .A.'lstraa Return of Ordivonce-, Ammunition,. and Stort:S, talc-ii from the Enemy intik: Island of Walcheren, by the Britt.ji Army under the Command of Lieutenant General the Earl of Chatham. Taken 'n A aion. Bin; ..:ix-i;;trviz,4, s tti:t) auct-polnaer. Unto. :too rounds or ammunition for 2.4• pounders, 6 ditto for ts. pc,orider, 17z darn Ito 6.pounders. zoolbs. of powder. L. G. Fort at 11,altc, neat the Landing-plzte. 4 brass 24-pountiers, 3 ditto ix- pour hiers. 3 Iran craiorns. z portable magazines. Garrison of Veer. 5 brass 24-pounders, 2 ditto-18. pounders, 4 ditto tz-pounci ors, iz ditto 6-pounders. , 1 z 22--inch br2Ss mortars, 6 five and !Alt inch ditto. 3 seven and half inch brass howitzers, t six inch ditto. 4 - brass cohorns. 1 a brass swivels. 4 iron 24-pounders, s ditto tB-pounders, 2 ditto tz-pounders, ' 4 ditto o-pounders. -to iron coliorns. • 9 24- pounder travellin4 gun-carriages, 8 tB-pounder ditto, 6 12-pounder ditto, 4 8- pounder ditto, t 3 6_ pounder ditto. 5 seven and half inch travelling howitz'er-carriages, z six • • inch ditto. 2 Six-pounder ship gun-carriages. 3 waggons, 1 caiSsoou, 2 sling carts, 2 ;3-inch spare mortar be' s ji.11.(1 service, new) 5 guns complete. :owl:is of anunuriitioil 1 r 24 -pounders, 21 , ..6 ditto for t3-pounders, 346 ditto fur 12-pOulidcrs, 1074 ditto tor six. pounitcrs, 2 . 304 Jan - ) tor three- pounders, 296 ditto fur uiclt twit s, 79 clan) for sCYCiI 211i1 halt inch howitzers, 8, ditto for six inch trowitzas. of powder, L.G. • 192.6 sixteen lbs. gren..des, 1661 eight lbs. ditto, 14:2 six Ins. ditto, 26z0 :uUr lbs. ditto, 42.7 1 three lbs. ditto. X 34 muskets, 71 carbines, too cutlass e s. 441,00 a musket-ball cartridgt.s. 23 portable magazines, 2 petards complete, 12 buoys with incoling chains, 'l2Bl lbs. or lead in balls. Garrison at Itamakens. 6 brass 12,-pountiers, 3 ditto six-pounders, 3 ditto two• pounders. _ - 4 irrn tB-pounders. :ron conorn. 2.4-pounuer travelling gun-carriage, t tB-pounder ditto, t six- puunder ditto, 1495 rounds of ammunition for 'IR-pounders, 167 ditto Ear 12- poundes, 137 ditto tor 6-pounders, 137 ditto for two pounders, 40 ditto for 5-inch mortars. t 1,6 i 2 lbs. of powder, L. G. 119 muskets, 24 cutlasses. 400,t,00 tnusiet-ball cartridges. Batteries on the Coast. 12 brass 24 -pounders. 2 brass twelve-inch mortars. 5 iron mortars. t 2 twenty-tour-pounder travelling gun-carriages. 46S rouods of aonntoution 24-__pounders, t„)0 ditto for m ulch mortar). With a large quant;ty of ordnarce stores, tools, materials, ;rot!, Ace. of every Lit:scrtmloit„ the act-uunts for time will DUI admit or being tur:itstterl. (tgtied) - T. MACLEOD, Brig. Gen. Return of the Rank and Nai aof Officers. and of the Num ber Ot Non-Cointhissionvil Officers .end Rank and Nile killed, wounded, and missing in the Atiair of tue 7tll of August.- • - • - - • • • • Midcilebur Aug. $,- tgosi„ • Royal Artillery--t Lieutenant t rank and the, wounded.• 3rd Batt. 'lst root— t rank and file killed, I serjeatit, to rank and file wounded. Sth Foot --1 Sctleant, 4 rank and file, killed t Captain, t Lieutenant, a Ensigns, 47-rank 'unit rile wounded; a rank ind file missing. - 35th foot -3 Rank and file killed ; 3 Serjeants, 51 rank and tile wounded ; a rank and file missing. sgth Foot —1 rank and file wounded. 76th Foot--I rank and file killed. 9itii foot— t Lieutenant, a Serjeants, 4 rarrk and file, wounded. • Ist Light Battalion of the King's German Legion-4 rank and tile I Lieutenant, I Ensign, :z rank and tile, wounded. Total— t Serjeant, 13 rank and file, .. .led t Captain, 4 Lieutenants, 3 Ensigns, 7 . jeants, t 26 rank and tile, wounded; I Brevet ..j a, 4 rata and file, Names of Officers tvoui,d,-•d al.-1 missing. Royal Artillery.—Lieut. Grant slig..ily - wounded. sth toot—Brevet fVlajoi Bird, missing, supposed to betaken prisoner; Capt. Hamilton clangerous!y.— Lieut. C. Bird, t.nsigns Galoraith and Walton slightly wounded, 95th yout -Lieutenant Clad:, dangerously woun.:ett. tat lig?it Battalion of the King's German Legion—Lieuten ant Frederick Du Fay and Ens.git _Frederick fi2deinan, dan 4 ,erously wounded. Admiralty-Office, August 12, 1809. Copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Lord Collingw•ood, Commander iu Chief of his MAjesty's Ships and Vessels in. the Mediterranean, to the Hon. W. W. Pole, dited on board the Ville de Paris, off Toulon, tith lung, ►Sc9. SIR, I have received two Letters horn Captain Bren ton, of his Majesty's ship Spartan, of date the•27th April, and sth May, relating the proceedings of the ships therein named with him at Pesaro, on 23d April, and at Cesaratico, on the 2d uh. - when, on , both occasions, all the Enemy's vessels in those ports were captured, and the forts destroyed, No Loss was sustained on our part, and this must be at tributed to the well concerted measures which were taken . for accomplishing this service. • I have the honour to be, &c. COLLINGWOOD. Spartan, Trieste, April 27, MY LORD, I have the honour to inform your Loniship, that being with the Amphion and Mercury off the town of Pesaro, on the 23d instant, I obserVed a number of vessels lying in the Mole, and thought it praai cable to take possession of them, for which pur pose the ships were anchored with springs upon their cables, within half a mile of the to - aro, the boats, formed into two divisions, the first consisting of launches with carronades, and other boats carrying field pieces, under the orders of Lieutenant Pudolt, first or the Amphion, took a station to the northward of the town, and the second di , ision, cons sting of rocket-boats, under the order of Lieut. Baumgardtt, of the Spartan, to the southward, both divisioPs commanded by Lieut. Willis, First of the Spartan ; as soon as these arrangements were made, I sent a flag of truce on shore, to demand the surrender of ail the vessels, adding, that should any resistance be Made, the Governor must be : answerable for the consequences. I gave him half an hour to deliberate. At hall-past eleven A.M. the Officer returned with a message from the Commandant, stating, that • in half an hour I should receive his answer. I waited thirty.five minutes from the time the boat came alongside, when .observing no flag of truce flying on shore, but that troops were assem bling in considerable numbers in the streets, and on the quays, and that the inhabitants were busily em ployed in diatnantling the vessels, I hauled down the flag of truce, and tired one shot over the town to give warning to the women and children, and ;hurl ty after made the signal to . commence .Oring, which was instantly obeyed by th 4 ships and 'butatS,.,4 At thirty+two minutes after twelve, obsei.libg se veral flags of truce hung out in the town, I made . the signal to cease firing,. and Lieut. Willis pulled ' into the harbour, where he was informed that . the Commandant nad made. his escape with all the - - - I considered OR- place as surrendered at diicietion, and save orders for all the boats to be ,einiOyed in bih.igingr out the vessels, and the marines - to be Minded to protiqA them. Lieutenant Willis made the most jt d Q '" • marines were-drawn up on the Marina, under Lieu tenant Moore of the royal marines of the Amphion, .the launches stationed in such ainanner as to enfi lade the principal streets ; and the other boats' crews employed in rigging the vessels, and laying out warps to haul them off with, as soon as the tide should flow. About two P. M. 1 received a letter from the Commandant, dared half - past - one, demanding ano ther hour for deliberation ; I refused him a moment, and told him that in case of resistance, I should destroy the town. By ball past six, 13 vessels deeply laden, as per !nclosed list, were brought off; several others had been scuttled by the inhabitants, and sunk ; some were still aground, and dismantled; there were besides a few in ballast, and a number of fishing vesseli. I should have burnt the merchant vessels, but was apprehensive of setting fire to the town, and de stroying the fishing boats; I therefore directed Lieu tenant Willis to blow up the Castle at the entrance of the harbour, and to ing otf his people; this he did at seven o'clock. I am happy to say we did not hear of any lives being lost iu the town, although many of the houses were much damaged ; one mar► only was killed by the explosion of the Castle ; after the match had been lighted, and our people retreated, he appronch ed it ; a musket was tired over biro to drive him away, but he sought refuge behind the Castle, and was buried in its ruins. As the Enemy made no ataive resistance, rcan only express my admiration of the zeal and promp titude •with which Captain Haste and the Han. Henry Duncan, executed the orders they received, and the manner in which they placed their ships. Lieutatiant Wil!:s upon this, as upon every other occasion, displayed the greatest energy, skill, and judgment; the arrangements he made for the cle f-nee of his party, whilst in the harbour, and the ex pedition used in sending out the prizes, do him the highest credit. Lieutenant Philott and Lieutenant Baurngardtt, in the command of their respedive divisions, and Lieutenant Moore in that of the marines, was also exemplary. _ . _ I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) J. BRENTON. List. of Enemy's Vessels captured in the Port of Pesaro, by his Majesty's Ships Spartan, A mphion, and Mercury, on the kiti or April IS. 9. St. Nicholas, of 138 tons, laden with oil and almonds. 11 Prattle°, of go tons, laden with oil. L'Aziardo Fortunate, 01.54 tons, laden with oil. A vessel, name unknown, of m tons, laden with oil, hides, and - almonds. A vessel, name unknown, of go tons, laden with oil and hemp St. Antonio, of izo t , ns, laden with oil. St. Antonio, ot 1.0 tons, laden with plank and spars. Santo Nio, ot 56 tons, laden with Morocco leather, sides, bees' wax, and plank. Na:ne unknown, ot Aro tons, laden with oil and hides. Charlotte Fortu n ate, ut . 56 tons, laden with oil. Name unknown, ot 50 tons, laJeti with oil. Ditto, of 6o tons, oil, almonds, figs, candles. Providenza, of 30 tons, laden with oil. Total-13 vessels. MY LORD, Spartan, off*Roviguo, May s, 18,19. On the 2d instant the Spartan and Mercury chased two vessels into the port of Cesenatico, the entrance of which is very narrow and was defended by a bat tery of two guns (twenty-four pounders) and a cas tle ; observing at the same time several other vessels lying there,'l determined to take possession of them if possible. This coast is so shoal, that we had only tutu fathoms considerably our of gun-shot of the town ; I was therefore under the necessity of send ing the boats a-head, and on each bow to lead us in, with direelions to make a signal when in three fathoms. We were by this means enabled to anchor at noon in a quarter three, within range of grape of the bat tery, anti very soon siknced it, when the boats under the command of Lieutetrint Willis, Ist of the Spartan, pushed in, and took possession of it, turn log the guns upon the Castle and Town, which were soon atter deserted. We captured in the port twelve vessels, some laden with corn for Venice, and the others being in ballast, we tilled them with , hemp and iron out of the magazines for those articles that were on the quay, and in whiCh the sails and rud ders of s , eme of the vessels were concealed. Another large vessel laden with it which lay at the entrance of the harbour scuttled, we burnt, and after blowing up the castle and' magazine, destroying the battery, and spiking the guns, the boats came off, I, am happy to say, without the losS of a man, or any person being wounded, although much ex.- posed to the fire of the battery, as well as musketry, nor was any damage done to the ships. The Mercury, from Captain Duncan's anxiety to place her as near thll.town as pos,ible, took the ground, ,but in so favourable a position as gave the fullest elled to her fire. She was, however, hove off by Six P.M. without having sustained any injury. 1 never witnessed more zeal and energy than was evinced by Captain Duncan upon this occasion.- - Lientnant Willis displayed great gallantry in taking possession -of the battery the moment the shipS had ceased firing ; in the expedition with which he turn ,ed the guns against the place ; his exertions also in bringing out the vessels were very great.. Much cre dit is also due to the Officers and men of both ships -fur , their activity. .1 have the honour to. be, &c. (Signed) JAH. BRENTON. • Whitehall, August 12, 1809. The King has been pleased to order' a Co77ge-, d'Etire to pass the Great Seal of the United King.: darn of Great Britain and Ireland, empowering the, Deaa and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Ban- . gor to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by •t he : translation of t he Right Rev. Father in God, John; late Bishop. thereof, to the See of London -and his Majesty:has 'also been pleased, by his Royal S;go Manual, to recommynd to the said Dean and Chapter the Right Rev. Father in God Henry Wit ' ham, Bishop of Chester, to be by them chosen Bi shop of the said See of Bangor. [For tidir4xxvprs. 14c. see the last Page.) • Aaatvan—t Cottenburgh, t Brazils, t Dublin. Duz-.lGottenburgn, Alalta, t Dublin, 3 Waterford. " OF STOCKS TIIII DAY AT TWaLVS. O'CLOCK. ‘onsols . 6S j Rcd. Ann. 68i I (Jinni= 1I pc Tll E S UN. •OLIM QUIT DlCllitt •ALIUM AUDIAT ? L 0 ND 0 N, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1808. GLORIOUS VICTORY. IT is with Feelings of the most inexpresSibic De- ight, that-we announce to our Readers one of the most Splendid and Glorious Viaories that ever was obtained by British Valour and Discipline, over an Enemy immensely superior in Numbers. This Vi&ory has been achieved by the gallant Army -under the Command of Sir AaTana War.t.cswrft over a French Army, nearly Double its Number, commanded by Generals VICTOR and SEBASTIANI• The Battle, which W3S most obstinately con tested, and lasted for two days, commenced on the 27th of July, and was renewed on the. follow- ing day, when the French were completely defeated, with the loss of near i 5,000 men in killed► wounded, and prisoners, and 20 pieces of cannon. General SEBASTIAN, was wounded.—Our loss, we are sorry to say, was severe, and amounts to be- .ween 4 and 5000 in killed and wtoreded; and we learn with infinite regret that General MACKENZa and Baron LANGWOR - Tll, who commanded the Ger- man Legion, fell in the ataion. The Attack was commenced by the French, with their accustomed Impetuosity. JOSEPH BOoh'A• PAHTE was with the French Army. A small part of the Spanish Army, we learn, was engaged on this occasion ; and we understand they behaved with the utmost bravery. Since writing the above, we have been favoured with the foliowing additional particulars : The French having been very strongly reinforced, drove in Major General M'Kutta, and the advanced guard, to Talavera. Sir AttTttult WIILLESLEY con. ceutrated his forces, amounting to 20,000 men, in. cluding cavalry. On the evening of the 27th ult. the enemy, with from 40 to 50,000 men, commanded by Josses BUONAPARTR, Marshals VICTOR, and Nsv, and General' SitAST/ANI, attacked the English sibogrf taking no notice of the Spanish army, v►tiieb drawn up on the right of the English line. The battle continued till late at night, and was fouglA most obstinately by moonlight. It ended by,the Enemy being repulsed at every point with the bayonet. The field of battle was strewed with al. dead and the dying. At three in the morning of the 28th, the enerni renewed the battle, with the whole of his immense force, and ,supported by an extraordinary quantity of artillery. Their whole efforts were direEted against the. British forces alone, taking no notice of the Spa' niards, whom Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY had clittee4 to remain firm on his right, The tremendous attack of more than 40,00 men, with an immense number of heavy cannon/ directed against our army, now less than 20,000 men, with eight field-pieces only, was sustained from three in the morning till dark. The Enemy were invariably driven back by chargts of cavalry, and by th s bayonet, till, at length, he wai compelled to drag off his whole Army, leaving behind bhu 1b pieces of cannon, and about 10,000 men ; and car' rying off, under the cover of the night, 80 or 9 0 waggon toads of wounded. Our kiss has been very severe. 11t4410,Gene0 1 M e KEN2I2, Brigadier-General LAN.WORTU, s ad about 1000 men killed, and 4000 wounded. The annals of the world scarcely furnish a Ora ls lel to the battle of Talavera dela Reyna. Tile On e ' my were retreating all night after the bathe, 111/4 were seen the'next day in the greatest constert►atiO and confusion. .The Spaniards under CLIESTA 41741 Yl>zteoa►s, were porsaing them towards Madrid. The reinforcements under General CRALTELIO were within a day's march of Sir A. WELLESLE, While we congratulate our countrymen on t ' ) glorious proof of the superiority of British coin age and discipline, we millet but express our iatlis"3' tion at the base and malignant attacks which